The Journal of Undergraduate Research Volume 14 The Journal of Undergraduate Research Article 2 2016 The onC tributions of Body Awareness to “Choking under Pressure” Wagner Larson South Dakota State University Cody Larson South Dakota State University Follow this and additional works at: http://openprairie.sdstate.edu/jur Part of the Psychology Commons Recommended Citation Larson, Wagner and Larson, Cody (2016) "The onC tributions of Body Awareness to “Choking under Pressure”," The Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 14 , Article 2. Available at: http://openprairie.sdstate.edu/jur/vol14/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Division of Research and Economic Development at Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in The ourJ nal of Undergraduate Research by an authorized editor of Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. CHOKING UNDER PRESSURE 3 The Contributions of Body Awareness to “Choking under Pressure” Authors: Wagner Larson, Cody Larson Faculty Sponsor: Tyler Miller, Ph. D. Department: Psychology Abstract “Choking under pressure” is a well-known phenomenon that occurs when performance is negatively affected because of perceived pressure. Many researchers have studied this topic, mainly verifying the key theories involved: the explicit monitoring theory and distraction theory. The current study adds to the literature by measuring the contributions of body-awareness to choking under pressure. Research on the concept of overthinking body movements supports the hypothesis that the more self-aware individuals are of their bodies, the more they are subject to choking in a high pressure situation.